An article published in the journal ‘Invariance’ in 1969, outlining the left-communist opposition to bourgeois democracy. Originally intended to be part of a much larger work, which was never completed.
Reformism
Works against social-democracy, trade unions and anti-fascism
The Mass Strike, Rosa Luxemburg
A 1906 work in which Luxemburg argues for the importance of the mass strike in overthrowing capitalism.
Reform or Revolution, Rosa Luxemburg
A 1900 text in which Luxemburg argues in favour of revolution against the reformist tactics of Bernstein.
The State and Revolution, Vladimir Lenin
A 1917 polemic written on the eve of the Russian Revolution against reformism, arguing for the destruction of the bourgeois state and the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat. I have also included the 1918 review of the book by Bukharin, stressing the left-communist implications of Lenin’s work.
Activism, Amadeo Bordiga
1952 pamphlet in which Bordiga attacks the obsession with activism and argues for the importance of theoretical struggle.
Is This the Time to form Soviets?, Amadeo Bordiga
A 1919 text outlining the relation of the communist party to the workers councils or Soviets.